coming up later for you -- gearing up for the bond and election -- ugandan collection. north korea celebrates the birthday of kim jong il. is it his 16 ninth or 70th? -- 69th or 70th? >> hello. the winds of change are flying across north africa and the middle east, stirring up youthful populations against authoritarian regimes. in libya the attentions of a human rights activists have brought protests in yemen with reports of more unrest in iran. all of it inspired, it seems, by the revolutions in egypt and tunisia.

bahrain is undergoing its third day running. >> anger over the young man who was shot dead on monday, this tiny kingdom has been rocked by anti-government protest. this is the third day demonstrations there. two protesters are dead. a majority shia population with discontent at the way they are ruled. today some of those on the street went so far as to call for the overthrow of the ruling family. trouble in this unpopular state comes after the overthrow in this most populous country. unrest in libya as well, ruled by colonel gaddafi for years. hundreds of protesters clashed overnight. the riots were triggered by the

arrest of a human rights campaigner that have worked to free political prisoners. the toppling of north africa as autocratic rulers has given new determination to government opponents. in iran the state run media reports of further trouble between supporters of the government and protesters. reinvigorated by events in the arab world. more demonstrations in yemen both for and against the government. casualties were reported in the southern port of aden. the president has already said that he will step down, but it has a stem a tide of protest. -- has not stemmed a tide of protest. >> minute by minute coverage from across the region on our

web site, bbc.com. the state television in egypt is giving the death toll to the protest, and there is concern for about 100 people being still missing. paul adams has been talking to some. >> it has been three weeks since one man disappeared. for his family, long and anxious days of waiting and wondering. >> we are worried. >> he is a graphic designer with at the cairo opera. an artist not interested in politics. his sister, living abroad,

suggested that he should go. >> he said he did not really care about that. feeling that perhaps i had encouraged him. >> he came here to the mosque on the edge of the square on friday. the square was packed with demonstrators. his friend left him for a couple of minutes. they were chaotic days. the police were overwhelmed and lashing out. pro-mubarak supporters sitting back against protesters, hundreds were arrested. human-rights activists tried to keep track. most of those detained came last week.

50 are still unaccounted for. >> how many in the camps, and why. >> with the army in charge there are concerns that old regime habits remain alive. >> it is worrying that the military is still involved in detention at the time when they should be sending a message of a clear break. >> until that happens, his family waits and hopes. for all of the nagging fear, mohammed chooses to be helpful. >> i am sure that he will return back. looking forward to the future of this country is democracy, democracy, democracy. >> bbc news, cairo.

>> israel has claimed that iran is sending two warships to the suez canal. the canal authorities say that they have not been warned of the iranian request and will be the first time they have used the canal since 1979. described as a hostile action. an american court has sentenced a somali man to 32 years in prison for piracy. the three other crew members were killed by u.s. forces. president obama has expressed condolences to the parents of american immigration and customs agents shot dead in mexico on tuesday. it is believed they were targeted by drug gangs.

a death squad is said to have killed 40 people, a vigilante group with the aim of killing criminals and staging shootouts to cover up executions. japan has suspended its annual whale hunt in the antarctic. it says that an anti-whaling group has made it unsafe. activists had been pursuing the mother ship of the fleet to disrupt the hunt. our tokyo correspondent sent us this. >> in the remote waters off antarctica that the standoff has been taking place. japanese whalers are intent on carrying out their annual hunt. environmentalists are determined to stop them. the group says they have pursued the fleet right out of its wailing ground. now japan's government has suspended the hon.

>> the mother ship has been tailed since february 10 to secure the safety, operations have been suspended. we find this harassment very regrettable. >> activists have been can fronting region confronting the fleet for years. the boat's captain was brought to tokyo to face trial. given a suspended sentence and allowed to go home. whales have been protected from commercial hunting for over one quarter of the century byte international moratorium. japan has continued, saying that they need to kill whales to research the impact on fish stock. much of the meat is sold and winds up in supermarkets. here in japan, well used to be widely served in school lunches.

tons of whale meat is said to be unsold in warehouses. many people object to what they see as an unwarranted interference in a japanese cultural tradition. abandoning whaling is hardly even discussed. >> the final day of campaigning in new gone out ahead of the parliamentary election. -- in uganda ahead of the parliamentary election. in the north of the voters have endured a lengthy and brutal civil war. our east africa correspondent. >> the rebels no longer hold this land.

the threat of abductions are now gone. for the first time in their lives they do not need to feel unsafe. you can hear their happiness. holding on too painful memories. relatives killed in front of her. forced to join the rebels, he has been missing for 10 years. some people say that he is alive, others report that he is killed. during more than two decades of war, the rebels spread terror. murdering with guns, machetes, clubs. tens of thousands of children were abducted and forced to

fight. girls were raped and kept as sex slaves. every evening, children left their homes for the relative safety of the town to avoid capture. with rebels now gone, the streets were back to normal. preparing for an election, for the first time in a decade being held when there is peace. patrick spent two years with the rebels working as a bodyguard. >> patrick told me that his greatest fear was that former rebels could return to the bush. >> he has been hugely unpopular here for years. largely because of the lengthy civil war. now that peace has come to the

region, they are hoping that will no longer be an opposition stronghold. >> they are drumming home a different message at this rally. there was clear enthusiasm for the presidential candidate. >> the guns are silent in the gun -- uganda. but our people still have the scars of the war and memories of the brutality. imposing misery on our people by pushing them into the camps. >> the memories of the suffering run deep. too many are questioning why so many loved ones were lost.

>> more is still to come on "bbc world news." taking back to barcelona for the latest on the mobile technology expo. first, there might not be a cure for the common cold, but some supplements could speed recovery. researchers have found that zinc lozenges and tablets can help fight the virus. >> this is known as the riedl virus. it is the most common cause of the cold in adults. they have spent a great deal of time, energy, and money to find a cure. it review of the subjects suggest that the mineral zinc can reduce the severity and the

duration of the cold. >> we know that a common cold is a huge and millions of people. if anything shows any signs of partially being effective even, it is interesting. >> designed to contain the spread of the virus, some medicines are designed only to be partially successful. the cold accounts for 40% of time off work and millions of days of school list. even a cursory glance on the shelves of a farmer -- pharmacy repeals the national obsession with fighting the cold. zinc, already available as a supplement, the latest cold remedy? >> it leaves a lot of questions wide open.

we do not know i am which types of cold that works best. for which types. >> it is suggested that more research is needed before sink can be declared the magical cure. >> let's bring you up-to-date on the latest headlines. thousands of anti-government demonstrators have been out for a third day in bahrain. dozens of demonstrators are being held in military camps in egypt. now, some societies, do they prepare better for dying than others? we are looking at how different countries deal with the end of life. a recent survey ranked india as

one of the worst places in the world to die. many of its elderly received very little health care. very little in the way of pain relief. some people are trying to change that. >> these men were left to die in the streets by their families, who are no longer willing to support them financially or emotionally. the shelter is run by the mother teresa missionaries of charity. his relatives have not been here to see him once. >> that brought me here. i would have prepared to stay home with my children. i could have bought in peace. >> across from the mission, this

71-year-old is almost paralyzed. without proper health care or support, it is an increasingly lonely existence for the elderly of india. 19 million. 2,000 kilometers away, and a ray of hope. terminally ill patients being administered pain relieving medicine by train college students. >> with no family, five years ago no one in this village had access to quality health care. now volunteers come here several times per week as part of the movement that covers 18%. >> is the brainchild of this man. moved by the pain and suffering of cancer patients, he gave up his job as an anesthesiologist.

>> we are trying to build a safety net around the patient that will enable us to look after the patient and offered medical and nursing help from outside. >> teams treat critical patients late into the night. this man is in the final stages of lung cancer. he is offered pain relief and counsel for the family, a free service paid for by local donations. in this temple town, a reality check. women driven out of their homes by families. they come here from all over to find refuge and extent of their last days through prayer. a large majority of the elderly,

cast out and forgotten at the end of the life. >> north korea has been followed by the birthday of their dear leader. others suggest -- other sources suggested he is 70. either way, the capital is going through the usual gushing pageantry. >> children waved in the light of this apparently happy day. north korean state television showed presidents from the deliverer -- dear leader being delivered to the air. hard to say whether this mother's gratitude was heartfelt. >> our glorious leader sent gifts to my kids. just like our father. >> it is a carefully staged display of affection across the country. people looked contented,

particularly if they're lucky enough to be allowed to live in the capital, where conditions are less harsh. elsewhere shortages are acute. our ticket of the of food. neighboring south korea about still technically at war they are attaching anti-kim jong il messages to balloons and floating dollar cross the border. >> we are sending a message that despite his dictatorship, they can fight, just like the people of egypt. but there is some chance of that. many north koreans are likely aware of uprisings elsewhere in the world. instead it is synchronized swimming displays to glorify their leader. he was not seen in public today, not unusual on his birthday. right now there is every expectation that this time next

year, north korea will once again be putting on the same celebration. >> chances are that you can barely remember the days when mobile phones only made calls. soon it will be very little that a phone cannot do. katherine has joined the industry's any will meeting in barcelona, investigating what the future might hold. >> mobile networks are now connecting at home, cars, just about everything. let's have a look. you might want to use your phone or mobile computer to control your home from far away. >> certainly. from an ipad, smart phone, i am able to control my home. here is an example of a home in germany, we are here in

barcelona. you can see the lights going on in light remote control home. i can put the blinds down. think in terms of security. i want to check in while i am away? but now i have access. >> using a mobile network. what about media. your company, show me what you can do? >> running on my android phone, this gives me the ability to control the media are around my connected home. i can play things on my consoles, television, and that says media from home, getting my internet media content and playing at around the home. here i can take my facebook photographs, browsed through my media player, go through my photographs, my friends photographs, then put them up on

the television screen. >> of course, south korea has really led the way with a lot of this technology. a couple of robots here with mobile-embedded technology. for instance, this robot is connected to his mother's phone. putting it on their -- putting it on theire, h that is initiated in your phone can talk to the child's robot found. want to sing a nursery rhyme? just press here. by the wonders of mobile technology, out comes a song. >> slightly higher up on the technological staircase, a 5

hour walk in space was taken outside of the international space station, installing equipment for sensing earthquakes and lightning. the station now consists of 10 modules built by the united states, russia, japan. prince william and kate middleton will make their first official overseas trip as a couple in july. the prince was last in the country in 1998 with his father and brother. directly in line to become the king after his father, prince charles. more than 50 animal rights groups in china have urged television stations not to air a program involving synchronized

swimming by gold fish. due to be repeated on thursday, the chinese suspect that the man in charge uses magnets to control the fish, which could harm them. the magician refuses to say. you will find much more on that and much more online at/news -- at bbc.com/news. you can see what we are working on, what is coming up, on facebook. thank you for watching. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank.

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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egypt-style anti-government protests spread to more arab nations today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff.

on the newshour tonight. we have the latest on the demonstrations in libya, iraq and elsewhere in the middle east. and margaret warner examines the turmoil in the tiny muslim nation of bahrain, home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. >> lehrer: plus, jeffrey brown explores how egypt's government blocked the internet during the uprising. >> woodruff: then, we have two budget stories. we get a liberal's view of the president's blueprint from vermont senator bernie sanders. >> lehrer: and we look at the political battles over cutting defense spending. retrenchment brought about by cu >> woodruff: and from juarez, mexico, bill neely of independent television news reports on the bloody war against the drug cartels. >> three more killings here and already. this year is on course to be even deadlier than last year, when more than 3,00op